What Films did You Watch Last Week (24/12 - 30/12) + YEAR END "CLOSED"

The Equalizer: 6/10
Live Free Die Hard: 6.5/10
A Christmas Story: 9/10
It's a wonderful life: 8.5/10
Beauty and the beast: 8/10
In Bruges: 6/10

Mine:

The Christmas Chronicles (2018 Netflix) : This movie was like a good bag of chips that’s been left open one day too many. The recipe is there and yet, the flavour is not. Or, this movie is like a teenager; it lacks the heart of a child and is not serious enough to be grown-up but it’s still pick our curiosity. 5.5/10



Roma (2018 Netflix): For most part of this movie I felt like I had found someone’s old family tapes and spied on their ordinary souvenirs. With the black and white, the distant camera angles and the low-key acting combined, I failed to connect with any of the characters and after an hour and a half I still felt as if I was watching some stranger’s home tapes. That guy dancing with his penis flapping around was not a memory I wanted. The dead baby’s arms and legs flapping around is an image I did not need to see. It took what seemed like forever for the movie to actually start so that was a bad sign. The zoom on a floor being washed was fun for a bit. Oh, look, we see a plane in the reflecting water. Maybe something else will happen. Nop, more water and… more water. Yes I get it; sometimes we feel we’re just a grain of sand in a world of rocks. And yes, I found pleasure at looking at the action in the background of some scenes but what was on the foreground made me feel like I was wasting my precious grains of time in a world of clocks. 4.5-5/10 (Y tu mama tambien and Children of men are two of my favorite movies)



Fighting (2009 Netflix): Although very cliché, the story never feels forced and the actors do a good job to keep it realistic. Terrence Howard is one of my favorite actors but I wasn’t sure about his character at first, then after a while he grew on me. There are some good dialogues but the movie is too heavy on the corny drama. “Oh, you hit your father 10 years ago; let’s talk about it all the fucking time, bla bla Bla…” I would have liked a bit more fighting and less whining. 6/10



Hereditary (2018 DVD): Synopsis: “A boy gets freaked the fuck out by his mother and her friend”. First of all, I hereby grant this movie cinematography of the year (not seen A quiet place yet). Colette delivers a powerhouse performance, Byrne is in total control and shows his experience and Alex Wolff played the perfect victim. I was entirely enthralled and enchanted by this movie. 8.5- 9/10



Spider-Man: into the spider-verse (Theatre 2018): I went to see this with my 13yr old nephew and my 4yr old, all dressed-up as spider-man. He was so proud. As for the movie, it’s a lot of fun, it looks impressive and the soundtrack is kicking but I failed to be amazed by the story. I enjoyed it, but I wasn’t amazed. I think the villains were so-so and the humour a bit childish. Too much “ouch I slammed my face into a window” humour. My 4 yr old was laughing a lot but me and my nephew, not really. Also, the finale (how he beat the big bad guy) left me slightly unsatisfied. My rating: 7.5-8/10



Le Pacte des Loups (Brotherhood of the wolf 2001 DVD): First, you need compelling characters and you need great actors. Secondly, you need someone with a vast imagination and wicked ideas plus a budget to realise the vision. After that you must find some fine costumes, epic setting and search for a bunch of cool camera angles. Finally, you insert a harmonious soundtrack a few proper fight scenes and you get this movie. It’s like The Last of Mohicans meets Dances with wolves meets Cyrano De Bergerac. I saw this movie in the used dvd bin at the store and remembered someone here talking about it so I grabbed it. Found myself a masterpiece, thanks. 9/10